Daily Archives: February 11, 2018

Almost two years has passed since 17-year-old Kristoffer Ajer agreed a deal with Ronny Deila and Celtic to bring him to Glasgow. Now, with his teenage years coming to an end he’s fought himself into Brendan Rodgers’ first team. Alex Lawrence, a regular contributor to the highly respected football tactics website spielverlagerung.com, takes a deep…

Paul Carlin is a Radio Producer based in Glasgow. A talented musician and avid Celtic fan, he can be found supporting the hoops from an array of Southside bars or performing with his current band Jutland Songs. Paul is a former member of the highly successful Glasgow outfit Dananananakroyd and he spoke to The Cynical’s…

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While there are still many parts of it resisting change, football is increasingly being used as a platform to spread awareness when it comes to subjects that used to be ignored. For things to change it takes brave people to tell their stories. Our writer Aaron Connolly describes his experiences with depression and how he…

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Could it really be so? Is James Forrest now finally reaching the level everyone suspected he was capable of, but unlikely to ever achieve. One of the leading statistical analyst on Scottish football, Matt Rhein, uses his eyes and his laptop to see how good Forrest’s performances this season have been and what is behind…

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Ian Cathro’s short-term reign at Hearts was another flash-point in an ongoing discussion around the attitude towards progressive ideas and tactical applications inside Scottish football and the media covering it. One of the main contributors to the debate is Stevie Grieve, a young but experienced Scottish coach who has worked within both football clubs and…

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Whether top flight teams in Scotland should be allowed to play their colt teams in the lower tiers of the SPFL is the very emotive question that has intensified in recent weeks. Christian Wulff has spoken to two Norwegian football experts to see how a similar system has worked there and what their recommendation for…

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Split up by the wall, rebelling against the Stasi, bleeding for the club, a stadium built by its own fans and a 30,000 Christmas sing-a-long; Rory Price explores the incredible history and the astonishing loyalty of Union Berlin and its supporters. In recent years, many amongst the Celtic support have developed an affinity for…

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More known for his tactical musings and statistical nerdery on Twitter, Politics degree holder Dougie Wright looks at how the political aspects of the rivalry between the two big Glasgow clubs evolved and whether in modern times it has transferred over into other causes and cultural allegiances. Football and politics are strange bedfellows. In…